Monthly newsletters are now posted under 'newsletters' and are free to everyone. If you were a avid reader of 'the leaf' newsletters you will likely enjoy these too. Something very special is definitely happening here/there.Good vibes.

Global Tea Hut is an amazing project, and we are beginning to see the effect it's having on the lives of those involved. Perhaps some of them will share here.

We also have a center/school in Taiwan and another opening soon in Russia. We offer local as well as residential programs in tea, meditation and Cha Dao. As of now we have around 50-100 visitors a year. Oh, and all courses as well as room and board are all completely free! There needs to be more such tea wisdom, shared without any financial profit or self-promotion---shared in the ancient spirit of tea: leaves and water, happiness and ease.

We also set up roadside tea huts to serve bowls of tea to passerby, freely and without any agenda other than a warm smile, some loving-kindness and a bit of calm presence. We have a permanent stall in a local organic market, for example.

Also, The Leaf will be getting a huge makeover in August/September and will resume at that time. There is a new editor-in-chief on her way to live in Taiwan, and she has tons of professional experience in journalism, tea writing and web design as well!! I will be sure to tell her to chill out

One thing I would also like to make clear about the Global Tea Hut project: All the tea we send out is donated by farmers/vendors, and all the gifts, as well as the newsletters, are donated by local students, which means that all in all we can use almost all the money to support our free center/school.

We have over 100 visitors a year who come and study tea/meditation, both long and short term. All of you are, of course, welcome here should you find yourselves Eastward bound, and whether you're a member or not.